Civil War Era Concertinas, Again

[Dan Worrall]

Thanks for posting those photos! I have nearly the identical German concertina in my attic, in slighly worse condition. Same paint style, ornaments etc. I knew it was 19th C., but didn't know that it dated back to the 1860s.

 

Dan - I am looking for the pattern on the bellows papers of a civil war ear concertina. The Crawfordsville museum would not allow me to expand the bellows to see the pattern. Would you be able to post a detailed picture of the papers on your concertina so I can reproduce it for my replica? - Thanks, Nels

Sure; give me a couple of weeks and I can do it.